Early Analytic Philosophy

held in conjuction with

PhiloSTEM 5

IPFW Campus, Science Bldg 176, March 15–16th, 2013

Frege

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Moore

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Russell

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Schlick

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Neurath

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Carnap

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G–del

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Reichnbach

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Quine

Contents: Program – Participants – Abstracts – Travel information – Contacts

JOINT PhiloSTEM-EAP CONFERENCE PROGRAM

THURSDAY, March 14th
Social Gathering (8:00pm–??) for those who arrive early

FRIDAY, March 15th (back to top)
8:30–9:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (catered, on-site)

	Philosophy of Technology
9:00–10:10am	Dana Tulodziecki: "Using case-studies to do scientific epistemology"
10:15–10:45am	COFFEE BREAK
10:45–11:40am	Chakrabarty: "Karl Popper on 'Feats of Engineering': An exposition and critique"
11:45–12:40pm	Kurtz: "My Avatar, My choice!"

12:45–2:00pm LUNCH (catered, on-site)

	Philosophy of Physics
2:00–2:55pm	Conroy: "Branch-Relative Identity"
3:00–3:55pm	Sebens/Carroll: "Self-Locating Uncertainty and Probability in EQM"
4:00–4:15pm	COFFEE BREAK
	Philosophy of Physics
4:15–5:10pm	Egg: "Common Cause Explanations in Quantum Mechanics"
5:15–6:10pm	Waters /Satta: "Does Modern Science Predict Duplicates?"
6:15–6:30pm	COFFEE BREAK
	History of Physics
6:30–7:25pm	Solomon: "Motion: from Galileo to Newton"

	Philosophy of Biology
2:00–2:55pm	Atanasova: "Perspectival Pluralism in Experimental Neurobiology"
3:00–3:55pm	Gawne: "The Eusocial Transition: A Reply to Birch"
4:00–4:15pm	COFFEE BREAK
	Philosophy of Mathematics
4:15–5:10pm	Koss: "On Deviance and Mutilation"
5:15–6:10pm	Magal: "On the mathematical nature of logic"
6:15–6:30pm	COFFEE BREAK
	History of Chemistry
6:30–7:25pm	Hricko: "The Case of the Muriatic Radical"

8:00pm–?? SOCIAL GATHERING

SATURDAY, March 16th (back to top)
8:30–9:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (catered, on-site)

	Mostly Carnap (plus some Quine)
9:00–10:10am	Madeline Muntersbjorn: "Poincaré on Cognitive Diversity and Intellectual Progress"
10:15–10:45am	COFFEE BREAK
10:45–11:40am	Sexton: "Are Analytic Truths About the World?"
11:45–12:40pm	Surovell : "Carnap's Response to the Charge that Verificationism is Self-Undermining"

12:45–2:00pm LUNCH (catered, on-site)

	Mostly Quine (plus some Carnap)
2:00–2:55pm	Carlson: "Logic and the Structure of the Web of Belief"
3:00–3:55pm	Magal: "Logic's rightful privilege: Quine's too-successful argument against 'Truth by Convention'"

4:00–4:15pm Farewell COFFEE

Fort Wayne Philharmonic (8:00–9:45pm) and dinner afterwards?

PARTICIPANTS & ABSTRACTS (back to top)

Nina Atanasova, U of Cincinnati (speaker)
"Perspectival Pluralism in Experimental Neurobiology" (abstract)

Bernd Buldt, IPFW (organizer)

Matt Carlson, Indiana U, Bloomington (speaker)
"Logic and the Structure of the Web of Belief" (abstract)

Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology (speaker)
"Self-Locating Uncertainty and the Origin of Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics" (with Charles Sebens, abstract)

Mandjani Chakrabarty, Visva Bharati U, West Bengal (speaker)
"Karl Popper on 'Feats of Engineering': An exposition and critique" (abstract)

Christina Conroy, Morehead State U (speaker)
"Branch-Relative Identity" (abstract)

Matthias Egg, U of Lausanne (speaker)
"Common Cause Explanations in Quantum Mechanics" (abstract)

Richard Gawne, Duke U (speaker)
"The Eusocial Transition: A Reply to Birch" (abstract)

Jonathon Hricko, Johns Hopkins U (speaker)
"Hypothetical Entities and Realistic Interpretation: The Case of the Muriatic Radical" (abstract)

Michael R. Koss, Indiana U, Bloomington (speaker)
"On Deviance and Mutilation" abstract)

Roxanne Kurtz, U of Illinois at Springfield (speaker)
"My Avatar, My Choice!" (abstract)

Oran Magal, McGill U (speaker)
"On the mathematical nature of logic" (PhiloSTEM-5, abstract)
"Logic's rightful privilege: Quine's too-successful argument against 'Truth by Convention'" (EAP, abstract)

Madeline Muntersbjorn, U of Toledo (invited speaker)
"Poincaré on Cognitive Diversity and Intellectual Progress" (abstract)

Ioan Muntean, IPFW (organizer)

Mark Satta, Purdue U (speaker)
"Does Modern Science Predict Duplicates?" (with Chapman Waters, abstract)

Charles Sebens, U of Michigan (speaker)
"Self-Locating Uncertainty and the Origin of Probability in Everettian Quantum Mechanics" (with Sean Carroll, abstract)

Clark Sexton, U of Kansas (speaker)
"Are Analytic Truths About the World?" (abstract)

Monica Solomon, U of Notre Dame (speaker)
"The Mathematical Composition of Motion: from Galileo to Newton" (abstract)

Jonathan Surovell, U of Pittsburgh (speaker)
"Carnap's Response to the Charge that Verificationism is Self-Undermining" (abstract)

Dana Tulodziecki, U of Missouri, Kansas City (invited speaeker)
"Scientific Explanation" (abstract)

Chapman Waters, Purdue U (speaker)
"Does Modern Science Predict Duplicates?" (with Mark Satta, abstract)

TRAVEL INFORMATION (back to top)

Fort Wayne International Airport. The hotel (see below) provides shuttle service to and from the airport; if this doesn't work, we do.

Driving directions.

Mapquest our conference hotel, the Holiday Inn, or our campus, IPFW.

Google Map of both the Holdiday Inn and IPFW (the hotel is in walking distance from campus, just across the river connected by a pedastrian bridge).

Website the IPFW Holiday Inn.

Annotated campus map; more campus maps

CONTACTS (back to top)

Deborah Hoile (Secretray) — IPFW Department of Philosophy, LA 23 —
- e-mail (watch the "@"!)
- Office phone: [+1] (260) 481-6366
- Office fax: [+1] (260) 481-6367

Bernd Buldt (organizer)
- e-mail (watch the "@"!)
- Office phone: [+1] (260) 481-6091

Iona Munetan (organizer)
- e-mail (watch the "@"!)
- Office phone: [+1] (260) 481-6366

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Last updated: March 6, 2013